Garbage and refuse disposal unit



Oct. 28,1947. 'w'. J. DAVIS 2,429,673

GARBAGE AND REFUSE D ISPOSAD UNIT Filed Feb. 21, 1945* INVENTOR. 17 V J922 774562 5 Y J. jflV/S- Patented Oct. 28, 1947 UNITED STATES- PATENTOFFICE r 2,429,673 GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL UNIT Wesley J. Davis, LosAngeles, Calif.

Application February 21, 1945, Serial No. 579,119

1 Claim. 7 1

My invention relates to means for the convenient handling and disposalof garbage and refuse and has for its principal-object to provide asimple, practical and inexpensive unitary structure built into thebuilding wall, to the rear of the drainboard portion of the sink andincluding a pair of openings, normally closed by gravity doors, throughwhich garbage, waste paper, sweepings and the like may be delivered intosuitable receptacles located on the outside of the building or removablypositioned ina compartment, located inthe building wall, below and tothe rear of the sink.

Thus the receptacles for garbage, waste materials, sweepings and thelike are normally hid from view and at the same time, said garbage andother household waste products may be easily and quickly delivered intotheir respective receptacles and the latter may be readily removed andtheir contents disposed of in the o dinary manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a portion of a kitchen sink and thewall above same and showing the normally closed openings through whichgarbage, refuse and the like are discharged.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view looking into the chamber or compartmentoccupied by the garbage can and waste products receptacle.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the frames which surround thegarbage and waste discharge openings.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate apreferred embodiment of my invention, l designates the drain board of aconventional kitchen sink, I l the shelf above said drainboard and belowwindows l2, which latter rest on a sill l3.

Formed in wall l4 between drainboard l0 and shelf II are'openings l5, inwhich are seated U-shaped frames [6 of metal, plastic or the like havingon their front edges flanges l1, which overlie the face of wall I4around the openings l therein.

A horizontal top flange Ila connects the upper ends of the upright sidemembers of frame, [1.

A door such as I8 is arranged in each frame I6,

withtrunm'ons l9 projecting from the upper corners of said door,outwardly through short 'vertical slots 26 formed in the upper ends ofthe side members of said frame, so that the door may be swung freelyinward and outward in its frame, and then closed by gravity (see dottedlines Fig. 3).

The rear edge of (frame [6 overlies the inner upper portion of thereceptacles positioned below and to the rear of the frames, thusinsuring the discharge of all garbage and Waste products into theirrespective receptacles.

In order to normally hide the garbage and waste receptacles from view,there may be formed in the building wall, below shelf H and sill l3 andoutwardly from the sink, a chamber such as 2i, the outer portion ofwhich is surrounded by a frame 22, having a hinged door 23, same beingshown in open position in Fig. 2.

Secured within this chamber, below one of the frames l6 and above thebottom of chamber 2| is a shelf 24 for a garbage can or receptacle 25and removably positioned on the bottom of said chamber below the otherframe is an open topped receptacle 26 adapted to receive waste paper,sweepings and other refuse.

Normally door 23 and gravity doors H! are closed so that the garbage andwaste products contained in receptacles are stored in a weather proofand insect proof compartment and at the same time said receptacles arehid from the view of a person or persons working in, or passing throughthe kitchen or room in which the sink is located.

To deliver garbage and waste products into receptacles 25 and 26, it isonly necessary to apply sufficient pressure to the doors l8 to swingsame inward and after said garbage and waste have dropped from the rearedges of the lower plates of frames I6, said doors I8 will, by gravity,return to their normal closed positions.

Where it is not feasible to provide a compartment such as 2| in thebuilding wall, the garbage and waste receptacles such as 25 and 26 maybe positioned on the outside of the building adjacent the wall anddirectly below the framed disposal openings.

Gravity door I8 is mounted so as to swing freely inward through theframe l6 in order that it may, from time to time, be convenientlycleansed and polished.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a garbage and refuse disposalunit that is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture, and

3 Very efiective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, dorm andconstruction of the various parts of my improved garbage and refusedisposal unit, may be made and substituted for those herein shown anddescribed without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scopeof which is set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a garbage and refuse disposal unit, the combination with a buildingwall and a drain board positioned against the inner face of said wall,said Wall having an opening above said drain wall, of a plate positionedagainst the inner face of said wall and provided with an opening whichregisters with the opening in said wall, a shelf projecting from saidplate through the opening in said wall in horizontal alignment with thetop of the drainboard, vertical flanges projecting from said plate, tothe sides of the opening therein, through the opening in said wall, theupper ends of which flanges are provided with notches adjacent saidWall, the lower ends of opening therein.

WESLEY J. DAVIS.

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